VICTORY IN DIVINE FULFILLMENT

 

GOD IS NOT SLACK IN HIS PROMISES

 

2 PETER 3:9

 

 

          I stopped by this morning to remind us that at times we will all face trials at different times in our lives. Know that some of us will triumph over them easily. While others will require a little more help. A few of them will overwhelm us. Sometimes we buckle under the pressures of financial difficulty, marital conflict, habitual sin, and physical illness. In those moments, how we handle trials has a lot to do with our own closeness to God. He has given us a measure of faith to believe that every personal battle we face can be overcome through His mighty power. God turns such moments into so much more than a quick fix for us. Ultimately, God wants us to pursue Him, to surrender to Him, and to offer genuine praise to Him in gratitude of His great love.

          So, at different times, He allows each of us to face impossible situations for the express purpose of doing nothing other than standing firm in our measure of faith and declaring that the battle belongs to the Lord. We bless our God for the victories, breakthroughs, battles fought and won in the past. God wants us to focus on Divine Victory! We believers need to learn that divine victory can never be brought about through our own strength or abilities, but always by the help of God. This verse speaks of Christ’s second coming; however, God also promises here that He is a promise-keeping God. IOW, there’s going to be a divine fulfillment of every promise of God.

          I would like you to know your victory in life is not determined or predicated by your situations and circumstances. I came to tell you that your victory in life is determined by your faith. The Word of God says, “This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4). It is our faith which connects us to God. In other words, the Bible declares that if you are connected to God, you already have the victory. You can be unemployed, but if you’re connected to God, you’ve got the victory. If you have sickness in your body or are in the midst of a terrible situation; if you will just stay connected to God, who is your Source, you are going to come out victorious every time.

          Divine fulfillment means accomplishing, perfecting, bringing to pass, completing, performance or consummation of a promise by the promise-maker and promise-keeper. The God of hope is both the promise-maker and promise-keeper, and He is more than able to bring every promise to pass in our lives. God cannot lie. Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man that He should lie, neither a man that He should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?”

          I stopped by on assignment to remind us that our God is an on-time God. He may not come when you want Him to, but He’s always on time. God is not slack in His promises. Situations that surround us and consume us may seem contrary, but God’s WORD will never fail. Psalm 119:140 says, “Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.” Isaiah 55:11 says, “So shall my Word be that goes out from my mouth: it shall not return unto me void but will accomplish that which I please and shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” God is not slack in His promises!

Some of the promises that God gave you may seem to have delayed, but God wants me to tell you “HE is NOT slow or slack”. Therefore, I declare and decree that this is your season for divine fulfillment. This is your season for victory. Expect to see divine fulfillment of the dreams that God gave you. The promises may be five years old or even more, but never forget, God is dependable, He is trustworthy, He is reliable, and this is your season. You just have to step out in faith and allow God to bless you.

          You may say, “Things have gone from bad to worse; I’ve lost my job, I’ve got a lot of debt, my relationship is getting bad.” But I want you to know that I have good news for you. Isaiah 45:2: “I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass and cut in sunder the bars of iron.” Every hindrance to your promises being fulfilled will be destroyed. Every scheme of the enemy on your path to the God-promised place will be crushed in Jesus Name.

          Proverbs 23:18 says “There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.” Therefore, expect divine fulfillment of God’s promises in your life. Psalm 30:5: “For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Your morning season has arrived. Your dark season has ended. Your promises are being divinely fulfilled, and the victory is yours.

          I don’t know what God has personally spoken to you, but one thing I do know is that God is faithful. Know that this is your season for divine fulfillment of that which He promised you. I stopped by to remind you that you are predestined for greatness and each of us who are born again Children of God has a purpose and a destiny of eventual victory. I suggest to you for your spiritual consideration that despite all the promises God has spoken over our life, there are still some obstacles that we may face and some tribulations that we must endure. But as heirs we can move forward by faith. We can be persuaded that nothing shall separate us from the love of God. Nothing shall derail His purpose. And nothing can hinder us from getting to the places that He has prepared for them that love Him. Because the Lord God Almighty is not slack concerning His promise as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward. Hallelujah!

          The God who brought you thus far didn’t bring you this far to leave you because He is a God of His Word. God is saying you are standing on the edge of your Promised Land. Your eyes may not be able to see it but set your spirit to receive it. You are on the edge of your breakthrough, on the edge of your victory, on the brink of receiving the fullness of the promises of God. Your walls are about to come tumbling down! I say again that God is not slack in His promises—for He will fulfill them in His time.

          How many of you believe you are about to enter into the greatest season of your life? In order to receive anything from God, you must first believe, and then you have to position yourself in the supernatural for victory and a Holy Ghost breakthrough! You’ve got to believe and have faith that God is about to move in your family, business, finances, and in your own personal life in a greater way than you have ever experienced in the past. Many of God’s people today recognize that they are about to experience a change. They know that something big and powerful is about to happen, they just don’t know when; they just know it’s close. I stopped by to tell you that you are closer to your breakthrough than you think! You are closer to your breakthrough than you have ever been before! You are closer to your miracle than you even realize. I’m not talking about God is going to change things for you years down the road. I’m not talking about your miracle or breakthrough coming some time far off in the future. No, you are on the verge of your miracle; you are on the verge of your breakthrough right now! In fact, it may be just days away, or even hours away! For some people this may be the very day that you experience the miracle or breakthrough that you have been praying and believing for!

          In spite of the fact that nothing seems to have changed! In spite of the fact that everything looks like it always has. If the truth be told, you know in your spirit that a change is coming because you have a promise. If all you have is a promise, I have good news for you, “A promise is all you need!” Yes, I said, “A promise is all you need!”

          You know that you’re on the verge of a change and that your promise is about to be fulfilled. You may be having a hard time trying to figure out what’s going on at the present time. You’re probably at a time when your mind is telling you one thing, and your spirit is telling you another thing. The best way I can word it is, “Your body is still in your present, but your spirit has stepped into your future and your mind is confused because it’s trying to figure out what’s going on.” Your spirit knows things about your future that your mind doesn’t know. Somebody ought to shout glory! For the Bible says, “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.” Because the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward—you have victory in divine fulfillment!

          When Joseph was thrown in the pit, his dream never died. When he was sold to the Midianites, his dream never died. When he was lied on and imprisoned, his dream never died. Don’t let your dream die. This is your season for divine fulfillment of those dreams, visions, and apostolic prophetic declarations over your life. Saints, God is going to bring people in your life you have never met to be a blessing to you. God has you on His mind and this is your season. Saints, God makes all things beautiful in His time.

          Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego weren’t strangers to the Kingdom of God. Although they were held captive against their will, they still held an infallible understanding of who they were in God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were confident because they knew they belonged to God and not to Nebuchadnezzar. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego trusted the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob no matter what. They were saying like Job, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”

David said, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” And Apostle Paul says, “For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.”

          How many of us have found ourselves in a similar situation? We recognize God has spoken promise, yet we find ourselves facing a wall. We find ourselves facing some gap that needs to be bridged, some growth that needs to take place, some stronghold that needs to be destroyed, some wall that needs to be removed that keeps us from receiving the God ordained place of victory on the other side.

          So, the question becomes; how do we remove the walls? How do we overcome the obstacles? How do we position ourselves to receive all that God desires for us to have and be? Joshua 6:2 tells us that the LORD said unto Joshua: “See, I have given into thine hand Jericho.” Because the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward. As I said, you have victory in every promise God has preordained for you before the foundation of the world.

          As I begin to close, I need to say that when God declares a season, it’s up to us to agree with Him and position ourselves for that which He has promised. Right now, people of God, I challenge you to take time and bring God to remembrance of the promises He has given you. One thing I know is that He who says “Call unto me and I will answer” never fails to answer and this is the season for the open heaven for divine fulfillment of His promises toward us. Let there be divine fulfillment of all of God’s promises in your life. With God on your side, you are well able to conquer any foe or circumstance, because God will not only show up, but God will show out and defeat any and everything that may come your way! Because the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward.